Chapter 6
Not in the Program
"Hey," he said looking at me a little angry.
"What do you want?" I asked turning away from him.
"If I am going to teach you, then you should give me more respect." I looked at him to see he had a familiar look on it. It was the look he gave Team 7 when he caught them sharing there food with Naruto. I laughed; it was funny that he thought it would work. "What's so funny?" He said keeping the look.
"That is such a stupid look," I said still laughing. Lee just looked dumbfounded.
"I guess I need a different approach," he said thinking of god only knows what.
"There is no need. You're not going to be doing anything anyway." I looked up to see him still thinking.
"Who says I will be doing nothing?" He asked looking at me strangely.
"I says," I said sternly.
"For your information, I was going to be helping you with a new jutsu, but if you don't want my help…"
"Will you two stop," Lee finally said as he stood. We looked at him with curiosity. "The whole time you kept fighting I devised a compromise." He looked from Kakashi to me and back to Kakashi.
"And it is?" Kakashi asked calmly.
"That Misty-chan, you need to stop disrespecting Kakashi-sensei. Kakashi-sensei, you are just going to teach what ever you wanted to teach Misty-chan." He had defiantly worked it out pretty good the whole time I guess.
"I guess," I said looking away.
"Fine," Kakashi said looking at the water. He walked out onto it and turned to face us. "Watch carefully, this is something that most Genins can't achieve." He made hand seals so fast that I couldn't make out what they were. "Suiton, Suiryuudan no Jutsu." Water swirled and made the form of a dragon. I remember this. It is from when he fought Zabuza.
"I know that jutsu, but have never tried it," I said in a small voice to Lee.
"It seems like a really advanced jutsu. Do you think you can master it?" He said looking at me with a little bit of surprise on his face.
"Hai"
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"You're getting it now Misty," Kakashi said from the shore. I was breathing hard; I didn't realize it took up so much chakra. "Do it again, you have come this far and it has only been a few hours." He looked at me with certainty.
"Do you not think she should rest?" Lee said to Kakashi with concern.
"If she stops now, then she will lose it and we'll have to start all over again."
I formed the hand seals that Kakashi told me to do, which there were quite a few of them, "Suiryuudan no Jutsu." The water swirled up and started to form a dragon.
"That's it, don't let go now," Kakashi yelled to me. I can't let him down, I can't let Lee down, and I will master this in one day. I kept my progress and refused to let go. "That's it now hold it," he yelled. I looked around me to see I did have a dragon surrounding me. The sad part was it was small compared to Kakashi's.
Kakashi ran out towards me and quickly made the same seals to quickly make his own dragon. Yep, there was a definite difference between our two dragons. "I need to show you how to control it now." He said.
He showed me how, but I couldn't hold the jutsu anymore. I released it and fell to my knees.
"You were so close that time Misty-chan," Lee yelled.
"Why did you let go, you were almost done with it." Kakashi looked at me with slight disappointment.
"I'm sorry Kakashi. I couldn't hold it much more." I said solemnly.
"Don't worry; this jutsu is very advance for your level. I can understand why you are tired, but look at the bright side. You at least were able to create a dragon in three hours." He said with his eye curling up. I sighed at the last remark. It took me three hours to do that. "Unlike most Genin's who would be lucky to do it with in two weeks."
"What," Lee and I said in unison.
"Yea, I told you it was an advance level jutsu for a Genin," he said looking with amusement at me. I still gave a sigh; he was teaching me an advanced level jutsu for what reason? "We're going to run it again."
"Wait," Lee yelled from the shore. "At least let her rest. Can you not see she is tired?" He looked a little angry.
"Well, I guess…" Kakashi started.
"No, I will keep going," I said standing ready for more.
I formed the seals and focused hard, and this time it didn't take me that long to form a dragon. "Good now remember what I showed you in how to control it?" Kakashi looked at me. I gave a small nod. "Good, aim for that rock," he said pointing to a giant bolder. I did as told and was able to break the rock.
"Yes," I said in a weary voice.
"Well you only got the basic jutsu. The next thing you need to accomplish is creating it to its full size." He said dully.
"Man nothing is easy, is it?" I said walking over to Lee.
"Where are you going?" He asked carelessly.
"Where do you think? I need a break." I said sitting down next to Lee. I was so tired that I doubt I would be able to stay on the water for much longer. I gave a little sigh as Kakashi looked at me disappointedly. "What?"
"You just got it down, the least you could do is practice it to get better with it."
"Let her rest Kakashi. You can't push her to much." A voice from the woods said. We all looked to the spot where we heard the voice come from. The Hokage stepped out of the woods with an amused look on his face.
"Sorry Hokage-sama," Kakashi said slowly.
"I think after three hours it is marvelous that Misty has come so far. Misty, you have the rest of the day off, and you don't need to show up for your second session." He said with a smile.
"Thank you Hokage-sama," I said with much thankfulness in my voice.
"You two may leave," he said turning to Kakashi who was reading his book.
"Hai," we said together.
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We walked in silence through the forest to town. It was close to dinner, and today wasn't a day for me to cook. I was tired from using so much chakra during this session.
"You were great out there today." Lee gave a smile.
"Thanks, but I feel bad because you couldn't do anything."
"It is ok." I looked at him with a weary smile. I suddenly tripped over my feet because of lack of strength. I was falling but stopped. Lee was on one knee holding me up. "You ok?" He gave a look of concern.
"Fine, I'm just tired. Thank you though." He brought me up and put my arm around him. The extra support was helpful for me.
"You sure?" We continued our walked into town.
"I'll be fine now." I smiled at him before I looked away. I think people were staring. I went a little red, but I passed it off. I looked up to see we were heading to the ramen stand. "Lee?"
"I'm bringing you to dinner." He blushed a little but gave a smile as we walked into the stand.
"Good evening." The owner gave a smile to us.
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For a while now I haven't had Iruka as a trainer. I've been training with Kakashi and he has been teaching me several different water type jutsu's. I had basically mastered the water dragon jutsu and was working on the great explosion technique. It was basically me making an explosion that could severely hurt my opponent with a giant tsunami. I wouldn't go to my second sessions anymore, so I decided to ask Lee to help me.
"So you'll do it?" I looked at him hopefully.
"I do not know."
"Please Lee." I put on a cute face in hopes he would fall for it.
"Well I guess I can."
"Thank you!" In my excitement I ended up hugging him. I quickly released, "Sorry." We both went a little red.
"Well …um…do you have weights?" He asked changing the subject.
"No, why?"
"To help with making your body stronger it would be a good idea to wear weights." He sat down and pulled his leg warmers down revealing weights that were strapped to his legs. "You get use to having them on after a while." He smiled.
"I guess." I think Lee is going to work me harder than Iruka.
"I will bring some by tonight."
"Ok, I'll see you then." I gave a small smile before I left.
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I arrived at the training grounds later that day. I had told Kakashi that he couldn't work me to hard because I need strength for training tonight. He was surprised until I told him I asked Lee to help me. His eye had curled up at this.
"Hello Misty-chan. I brought you the weights." Lee smiled as he held out some weights.
"Um…thanks?" I took the weights and strapped them to my arms and legs. When I stood I could feel the difference in weight. It was hard to stand and move.
"Try fighting on your own with them first. Just so you can get the hang of them." He smiled and backed away.
I lifted my arms and started punching the air. I was slower than usual and I had almost lost my balance when I tried to kick.
"Having fun?" Lee was amused by my struggle.
"Very funny, it is harder for me than it is for you." I said harshly. He laughed as I tried to kick again. I sighed, I was going to give up on kicking and run instead. I turned and started to run into the forest. I think I surprised Lee because when he found me he had a puzzled look.
"You are running why?"
"It gets my legs used to the weights better than trying to kick." I said dodging a tree.
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It was late when I sat down on the ground. I wasn't fully able to fight with the weights, but I was better.
"You are doing good Misty." Lee smiled as he walked over to me.
I gave a little sigh, "Yep." I could feel my knees going under strain. "I think we should stop." I said preparing to take the weights off.
"Do not take them off yet. You should wear them till tomorrow and then I will take them back." I slowly stood looking at him like he was crazy. "What?"
"Fine." I crossed my arms and started walking away.
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"Lee there you are. I've been looking for you." I walked over to Lee still wearing the weights. I had been looking for him all day so I could get ride of them.
"Really?" He looked happy. I sat down and slipped the weights off.
"Here." I handed him the weights. I immediately felt the difference as I became lighter.
"Feel different?" He smiled.
"Yea I do." I probably looked stupid as I bent my knees and stood back up. I did it several time. Before I heard Lee laugh. "What?"
"You seemed interested in such a little difference in weight." He had a big smile.
"So, it's different." I crossed my arms in a childish manner.
Lee, Misty, there you are." We saw Ten-ten running over to us. "Come on the Hokage has a mission for us." She motioned us to follow. I gave a small shrug before walking off.
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"I need you four to deliver a package to the Land of Waves. It is an important package so I want you to be careful." The Hokage was looking at the four of us. "Neji will be the team leader. Dismissed"
We left the building and Neji told us to be at the gate in a couple hours. I needed to do a couple of things so I ran off immediately after Neji finished.
I was finished packing and stepping out the door. Museibi was sitting on my shoulder just enjoying himself. I ran off to the meeting area and arrived shortly after I left. Neji and Lee were there, but Ten-ten was still missing. We waited in silence before we saw her walking causally up.
"Hey Ten-ten, took you long enough." I said playfully. She gave a small glare before we set out.
It was going to be a couple of days before we would return to Konoha. The first day we had made good distance and probably shortened our time away. We set up camp and were all ready to sleep. We had no problems in getting there and Neji didn't find anyone with his Byakugan either so we didn't set a look out for the night. It was nice so we weren't in a tent, so Neji was on the opposite side of the fire of me, Lee was off to my right a little ways, and Ten-ten was off to my left.
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"Lee, how long do I have to wear these?" I looked with disgust at the weights Lee was making me wear again.
"This is a good time for training." He had a twinkle in his eye.
"Yea, well there slowing me down." I complained. We had been jumping through the trees and I was slaking big time. I almost fell from the tree about five times but Lee was behind me.
"Come on you two keep up." Ten-ten yelled from ahead.
"Tell Lee to let me take these weights off then." I yelled back slowly catching up to the two.
"No it is good for your training." He said triumphantly.
"Well there getting in the way of the mission." I stopped in front of Ten-ten and sat down.
"Good idea Misty. Sorry Lee I have to go with Misty on this one." Ten-ten gave Lee an apologetic look.
"I agree." Neji was dully looking at Lee.
"But…"
"Majority rules Lee." I gave a sheepish grin.
"Fine." Lee had a little disappointment in his voice. I quickly removed the weights and handed them back to Lee.
"Lets go." I looked at Neji who gave me a little nod.
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We had arrived to the border of the Land of Waves later that day. We still had no sign of any ninja that were after the package. It was peaceful. We landed and continued on foot so not to bring suspicion to us.
"This mission has been quite boring so far." Lee looked around trying to find something.
"Well then we're lucky." I said looking into the trees. Lee was right; this mission was close to a B rank mission. I would think that there would be some kind of attack. Being out here felt uncomfortable, though, because it wasn't apart of the Naruto series so I don't know what to expect.
We walked in silence for most of the way. I was walking when I felt a presence. Museibi started to go on his guard, but I gave him a look to relax. He did so, this way who ever it was would think they were still hidden.
"Neji?" I looked to him.
"Hai." He had an understanding voice. I looked at my surroundings and saw a small pond near-by. If I'm right, then that's were they will be at. I looked at Lee who gave a small nod. I slowed my pace to stand next to him.
I saw shuriken coming at us. I jumped away with the rest of the group. Museibi jumped off my shoulder and prepared himself. The rest of us all took out kunai. We heard an evil laugh as someone came up from the water. I don't think I have ever seen him in any of the Naruto episodes before.
"Which one of you has the package?" He looked at the three of us with an evil smile. We gave no answer. "I guess I have to kill you to get it." He smiled as he looked at the four of us.
Ten-ten, Neji, and I ran out onto the water. Museibi and Lee stayed back for the obvious facts. We all threw our kunai but they were deflected. I didn't see what he did, but there was a giant wave that crashed into us. Neji and Ten-ten were thrown off and I was hurled into Lee. The wave continued taking us further away from each other. I turned to face Lee who was quite surprised, and I saw Museibi staying afloat. I was glad for that
"Lee we…" I couldn't finish as water had flowed into my mouth. I looked up and saw a tree. I grabbed Lee and used my momentum to move us out of the way.
"Misty?" Lee was confused. I looked at him and we both went red. Our faces were inches away from each other. We both ended up hugging each other in hopes to not lose the other. I drew my gaze away from Lee in time to see another tree. This time it was too close to avoid it.
"Lee!" I quickly threw my momentum to switch places with him. I had done it just in time before I felt and intense pain in my back and head.
"Misty-chan!" Lee's fading voice was the last thing I heard.
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I felt an intense pain in my back and also had a major headache. I felt like I was being carried. I slowly opened my eyes and saw green in front of me. I blinked my eyes a couple of time because of the light. I surveyed my surroundings and saw that Lee was carrying me and Museibi was walking beside us.
"Lee?" I said slowly remembering what had happened.
"Misty, you are awake." He set me down and sat down in front of me. "How are you feeling?" I could detect the concern in his voice.
"I'll be fine. Have we found Ten-ten and Neji?" I looked around.
"No, I have not. You have been out for a couple of hours." He said looking me up and down.
"You ok?" I rested my eyes before opening them to his silence. His expression was a deep one.
I found myself within his warm hug. "Why Misty-chan? Why did you switch with me?" His hug was slightly hurting my back. I could feel his saddening aura, which in turn made me return the hug.
"Because I would willingly put my life before yours." I said in a hushed tone. It was true; I would do it for him and for anyone other of my friends and family.
"But…"
"Lee it doesn't matter now. What matters now is that I'm fine and we need to find the others." I released my grasp and looked at him. He seemed a little surprised by my answer. "Come on we should go." I slowly stood and gave a small stretch. I took a small step and felt unsteady.
"Here." Lee placed my arm around him and we started to move on slowly.
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I was now walking on my own. We were basically walking in silence the whole time. I looked at the sky and saw the first stars appearing. It was getting late and we still had no sign of Ten-ten and Neji.
"Lee we should set up camp. We are not going to find them tonight." I said with a little sigh.
"I agree." He looked up at the sky also. "We do not have Neji's Byakugan so we should set a watch."
"I'll go first." I said as I surveyed the ground for wood.
"No I will…"
"Lee I've had more rest today than you. I think you need it more than I do." I picked up a couple of good pieces of wood and walked to a clearing that I saw.
"Hai." He started the fire and laid down near it. I jumped to a near-by tree when I knew he was asleep. The night air was quiet and peaceful. I took it in and admired the light from the stars.
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I don't know how long I was sitting there, but I could feel my eyes slightly dropping. I opened them quickly and shook my head. I had to get ride of this sleepy feeling. I looked beside me as Lee jumped up.
"Tired?" He looked at me.
"A little."
"What were you thinking about?" He looked at my solemn face.
"Muryo," I said dully. "I really miss him." He was an awesome friend and I haven't seen him in so long.
"Muryo?" His voice held disappointment to it.
"It's not like that. He was just my best friend when I first moved. He was the one who guided me through my new life." I said in deep thought.
"Oh." His disappointment wasn't as much, but it was still slightly there.
"Don't you have someone you were glad aided you in your life?" I looked at him but he was looking at the sky.
"Gai-sensei. He helped me from when I first became a Genin." He smiled at the thought, but his smile slowly faded. "My life...it…" His gaze became filled with sorrow.
"Lee, I know." I knew about his childhood. After all, it was in the series
"How do you know about my…"
"I just know some people." I couldn't tell him that I was from another world. Me being here was probably already ruining the time line. If people found out then I'd be in more danger than expected.
"If you know about me, then how about…"
"Me?" I interrupted. I realized that someone would ask me sooner or later. I had planned to just give some information, not the from another world info though.
"How did you know?"
"I knew someone would ask me soon. Basically my mom married some guy causing us to move. His daughter was a stuck up brat, so I had no help from her. That's why Muryo became my best friend. I didn't really like my life so I kept myself secluded from the world. I was just being me till I found myself in Konoha's forest." I looked to the stars remembering my family.
"How is your life now?" I looked back at him a little puzzled. "I mean since you found yourself in Konoha."
"Much better than it was before. I like it here and I don't want to go back. I know I won't be able to see my mother again, but…" My gaze deepened a little at the thought of my mother.
"But?" He looked expectantly at me.
"I have you and everyone else now." I gave a small smile.
He smile back, "It is my turn now so you rest."
I turned and faced Lee with a small smile. "Thank you Lee." I whispered into his ear.
I jumped down to the dieing fire and curled up. I couldn't fall asleep though. It was to cold and the fire was basically dead. Me being my lazy self didn't want to start it up again. I stood and jumped back up into the tree.
"Why are you not sleeping?" Lee gave a confused look.
"The fire is out and it is cold." I closed my eyes and leaned against Lee. His warmth is what brought me to fall asleep.
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The sunlight is what brought me back into the reality. I looked up and saw Lee's sleeping face. He was still sitting with his head down and I had my head in his lap. I shot up immediately turning red. I don't remember falling asleep this way. I shook my head removing the stupid feeling. I looked around and spotted Museibi curled up by the fire's ashes. I rubbed the sleepiness away from my eyes and looked around a little more. I didn't feel a presence or anything.
"Lee wake up." I gave him a little shake. He blinked a little slowly waking himself.
"Good morning," he said sleepily. I gave a small nod before I jumped down to Museibi. I stroked him a little before he awoke.
"We should get going soon. We need to find Neji and Ten-ten soon so we can finish our mission." I said giving a little stretch.
"Hai." Lee jumped down beside me. "We should head forward. Maybe we will meet up with them somewhere up ahead." We turned and walked in the direction of the village.
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We walked in silence for the most of the way. It was not until further on that I felt a presence near-by. I looked at Lee who gave me small nod and ready ourselves.
"So I've found some of the brats." The same evil voice echoed through the forest. There was a small pond that was close by and I just had that feeling.
"Lee the water." We ran towards and ready ourselves.
"Wrong." We turn and saw the man in a tree. He jumped down and came at me. I threw a couple of shuriken but he dogged them.
"Misty-chan!" Lee shoved me out of the way just in time. The man hit Lee and sent him flying into the water. I quickly dived in and found him slowly sinking. I grabbed him and came up. I pulled myself onto the water and looked around. Museibi was unconscious near the water.
"Damn it!" I laid Lee on the edge and searched frantically for the ass. "Where the hell are you?" I yelled demandingly.
"Where do you think?" He emerged from the water with an evil smirk. "Not so tough now that you don't have your teammates?"
"Shut up!" I said harshly. I ran onto the water and readied myself.
"You think you can win on the water? You're just a weak brat." He said with amusement. My anger boiled inside of me.
"Don't ever call me weak!" I yelled.
"Misty!" I saw Lee sitting up slowly. "Do it." He gave a thumbs up. I gave a small nod to him before turning back.
"You're going to die!" I said harshly as I started to form seals.
"Lee, Misty there you are." I heard Ten-ten's voice in the background. Water swirled around me and started to form a dragon.
"You…how are you able to use that jutsu?" He had a slight hint of worry in his voice.
"I told you not to call me weak." I said harshly.
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Lee's Pov
"Lee what's she doing?" Ten-ten looked surprised.
"I didn't know she was this strong." Neji was also surprised.
"You guys do not give her enough credit. She has been working on several different advanced type jutsu's for awhile now." I smiled at there faces.
"What?" Neji was almost dumbfounded. "The amount of chakra that she is exerting…" He trailed off.
"Should we help?" Ten-ten looked at Misty intently.
"No let her do this on her own." I stood up slowly and turned to watch Misty.
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Misty's Pov
I was still gathering chakra into my dragon as the man quickly started to form his own seals. He quickly had a dragon surrounding him and ready to attack. Not realizing that my anger was still boiling and that I was releasing a lot of chakra, my dragon soon was quite larger than his.
Are dragons were sent forth. My dragon easily over took his and crashed into
him. He was sent deep into the forest with the raging wave. I walked slowly
back to the group with my vision becoming fuzzy.
"Misty are you ok? You released an enormous amount of chakra." Neji looked me
up and down with his Byakugan.
"You did it Misty!" Ten-ten said surprised.
"Hai." I wearily said as I fell to my knees next to Lee. I shook my head a little to get rid of my fuzzy vision.
"You sure you're alright?" Neji asked calmly.
"I'll be fine. I think that we should go investigate where that man went to, though." I slowly stood feeling a bit tired. I knew I could still go on for a little while, but not for much longer.
"Hai." Neji gave a quick nod before we jumped to the trees.
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I was at the back of the group because I was slowing down. I looked up to see that Neji and Ten-ten had stopped on a branch. Lee joined them with what they were staring at. I stopped a branch away.
"What are you staring at?" I jump to the branch and followed their gaze. I stopped at the sight before my eyes. We had found the man. I had…had…
He was pinned on a tree. A branch driven through his chest. I looked away quickly. I could feel tears build in my eyes. I didn't want to kill him; I never wanted to kill anyone. I grabbed Lee and buried my face into his shoulder. I held him tight as tears came from my eyes. I felt Lee's arm's come around me with reinsurance.
"I didn't want to kill him." I said into Lee's shoulder.
"It is ok Misty." Lee's hold tightened a little. "We know."
"We should go." Neji's voice came to my ears. I would, but my knees were weak.
"Come on Misty." Lee brought his arms to my shoulders and drew me back. At that moment my knees gave away and I fell off the branch. All I saw was a blur of colors go by eyes. I deserved to die after what I did. I closed my eyes for a second then opened them again. Everything was still a blur; the only difference was that I felt someone grabbing me. I looked up and saw Lee. Suddenly everything stopped. I looked up and saw a rope.
"You ok?" Lee looked at me with concern.
"Hai, my knees gave away." I said looking at the ground. It was perfect timing, a little longer and I'd…
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We were making our way through the forest. I was on Lee's back for the obvious reasons. We landed in a small clearing to set up camp. This time we had Neji to scout out the area. Lucky for us, we didn't need a look out.
I set up my area closer to Lee tonight. I felt safer when I was closer to him. It wasn't long before I fell into sleep.
I awoke to light in my eyes. I blinked a little to get used to the light. I realized that something was next to me. I slowly sat up and saw Lee sleeping soundly next to me. At this moment I really didn't care.
"Lee." I whispered into his ear. I gave him a little shake to get him up. He blinked a little before he shot up.
"Sorry." He said gathering his stuff. I stood slowly with a small smile
"It's ok, don't worry. Lets just get the others up." I said walking over to him. "Thank you." I hugged him tight before I walked over to Ten-ten.
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(hint: the next chapter may include the chunin exams)